# Visions of Gerard

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- Authors: [Jack Kerouac](https://www.bookquiver.com/jack-kerouac)
- Language: en_GB
- Published: 2020-08-20

## Description

Gerard Duluoz was born in 1917, 'a sickly little kid with a rheumatic heart'. Based on Jack Kerouac's memories of the beloved older brother who died when he was a boy, Visions of Gerard is unique among his novels for its dreamlike evocation of the sensations of childhood - wisdom, anguish, intensity, innocence, joy and pain. Described by Kerouac as 'my most serious sad and true book', it forms the first volume of his memoir cycle The Duluoz Legend, and is a haunting exploration of the precariousness of life. 'Called a " pain-tale" by Kerouac, it's the story of an almost divine, Buddha-like child racked with sickness and suffering' Guardian

## Editions

### Visions of Gerard

- Publisher: Penguin
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-02-4138-902-7
- Published: 2020-08-20
- Language: en_GB

### Visions of Gerard

- Publisher: penguin_classics
- ISBN: 978-02-4138-901-0
- Pages: 112
- Published: 2020-08-20
- Language: en_GB

### Visions of Gerard

- Publisher: penguin_books
- ISBN: 978-01-4014-452-9
- Pages: 144
- Published: 1991-06-01
- Language: en_US